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QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) How did Redding pitch? Did Logan pitch? I don't think Logan pitched. Redding might have given up 1 run in his 2 innings, but he still had the same lousy stuff he typically has.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 10:15 PM) yeah why is kong in? and we just got screwed with that call. If we're going to pitch guys who couldn't even retire the side 1-2-3 in Little League, I don't see the point of having regular starters on the field.

I have to ask this.......why in the world is Paul Konerko still in the game? Put someone else in the game....no reason to have your superstar out there still.

Redding went 2 innings.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 10:07 PM) Josh Fields sure looks good. 8-7 Sox. He took some terrific swings that AB. If he can keep his head on the ball like he showed that AB, he's going to be our starting 3b next season.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 09:44 PM) So who's gettin rocked for the Sox now? It was all Buehrle. His defense didn't help him out, but he allowed 2 homers.

Sox trailing 7-4. Anderson had a 2 RBI single.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 09:40 PM) I've been saying this to my super-Cubs-fan co-worker for years. What the hell is with the pitching coach over there, if these guys keep getting hurt? You would think that, since the entire franchise is built around them, there'd be an outcry, but no: year in, year out, it's the same sad story. Thank God for Don Cooper. I think a lot of it has to do with the Cubs devloping pitchers who have big time stuff. All of their guys seem to have 95 mph fastballs and biting sliders. Those are high-risk pitchers, and it can create a lot of injuries. Meanwhile, the Sox don't seem to have as many of those types of pitchers, and they've had less injuries as of late.

What concerns me about the offense so far is the inability to string together consecutive hits. After about 15 games in spring training, you'd think the team be batting over .250. There's still time to get going before the season begins, and it would be nice to see it happen sooner than later.

Way to go Turk!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 07:34 PM) Oh, fantastic. Another thing to worry me. Jose Contreras and Joe Borchard for Brad Lidge and a big time pitching prospect.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Mar 16, 2006 -> 11:28 PM) I like what Todd Walker brings to the table, the Cubs are stupid to get into a war with such a class act. Walker's a class act? He hasn't learned to keep his mouth shut in the press, and there's some things about him off the field which are startling. I do think he's a super hitter though, and should start for the Cubs. BTW redandwhite, I'm not attacking your thought here. Rather, I just get annoyed when I hear Walker whine and b**** in the media every other week. As much as I hate the Cubs, I think they'd be better off just getting rid of him.

QUOTE(hi8is @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 11:40 PM) i think someone here might be inclined to personally attack you and say something stupid like: "f*** off" which, of course is very very sad. I don't get this post at all. :banghead

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 10:08 PM) You worry about everything and everyone in every situation. Whether they need worrying or not. So it's kinda hard to take it seriously. Seriously. The only people worried about Jenks are on this board. I'm not even watching the game today. I'm just going off of what people said he look like today, combined with what I observed last week.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 09:14 PM) And so you would be worried because he didn't have a perfect inning? When obviously working on one pitch? When he had given up 1 HIT in 4 previous innings? WHen it's SPRING TRAINING. Seriously. Do you know Bobby's ERA last year? Jose's? Garland's? Etc, etc. It's spring training. It's one thing to worry about the second lefty spot, but that had nothing to do with that inning. Well, Billy Koch said the velocity would come back after spring training, and it never did. Instead of just judging guys based on their ERA so far, some of us are analyzing their mechanics, etc. When I saw Jenks last week, he seemed to have a weird arm angle for him, and his pitches were cutting a lot. No one is freaking out about Jenks yet, but it's not like he's a known commodity, and guaranteed to be a superstar.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 08:53 PM) why is bobby throwing 91? He didn't top 93 mph last time I saw him on tv. Hopefully he's just working on stuff.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 08:14 PM) Sometime in May? Then again. Our offense was still sucking in May last year too Well, if it continues to suck like this, then we just have to hope our pitching does amazing like it did and that we also win every close game.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 07:47 PM) Herm did say that this entire season for Dustin will be like the last half of last year when he was basically shot. He gutted it out a few times, but he obviously can't be counted on. Here's the problem....when he tried to gut it out, he had nothing on his pitches. I respect Hermanson for the great job he did for us last season, but I don't want him on the mound if he's not even close to 80 percent.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 05:43 PM) I think you're right on the first part, but I also think you're wrong on the second...and he really shouldn't be pitching with pain...because when he starts feeling pain, he winds up unable to pitch for a few months. That's the thing....they never found anything that showed he actually had anything wrong with him. No pitcher is ever going to be 100 pct healthy in the arm/shoulder/elbow region.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 06:27 PM) Anyone else here Count was scratched today because of strain in his forearm? Yikes, that's not good. I remember that when Zambrano had a strained forearm a couple of years ago, they were worried that it was being caused by structural damage. Hopefully Contreras is fine.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) In the answering a question with a question department: Do I really have to answer this? Yes, it was. How outlandish do I have to be to make it obvious? Edit: Then again, since the leap from 'miss opening day' to 'arm will fall off' was already made here seriously, maybe I should have just used green... I just wanted to make sure you weren't making fun of the point I was trying to make about how sore muscles are a lot harder to get loose when it's cold out.

I haven't heard....is this Podsednik's left or right shoulder? If it's his left shoulder, that's really going to hurt his rocket arm in the outfield. We might need 2 cutoff men on a routine flyball.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 05:31 PM) So now you're saying he'll freeze to death. It never ends... Is this sarcasm? Do I really have to explain the fact that it might make it more difficult for him to get his shoulder loosened up in order to swing? Also, just because it's a strain, it doesn't mean he's picking up a bat today and facing live pitching. Sounds like they hope to have him ready by the end of the wk, which would probably allow him to be ready for Opening Day.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 05:27 PM) Yah. One game that's almost 3 weeks away. I just heard the score say they've seen the MRI and it's just a strain. whoops... Lets see.....he has a strained muscle that's making it difficult for him to swing the bat. He hasn't gotten a lot of reps in ST so far. Given that's it will be freezing in Chicago the opening week. I'm just not that sure we're going to rush him back for opening week. BTW, I'm happy to hear it's only a strain.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 05:22 PM) fathom said he'd miss one game. Yeah, that's serious. Where should I send the flowers? Ha, I was just going to say this. All I stated at the beginning of this thread was that I didn't think he'd be ready in a little over two weeks. I never said he'd be out for the year, etc.